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Page 90 of 104Kosar ghadirestan Center Nabi (S) www.ghadirestan.comIMAM ALI (S) Sunshine of Civilized Islamthis ummah, upon which the ummah agreed unanimously and was a cause of thepeople’s virtuousness. Do not create a tradition, which will oppose some of thoseprevious traditions, so that the merit will be for those, who enacted those traditions, andthe sin will be upon you because you oppose them. Always discuss with the ulema and thewise men to firm what improves the affairs of your state and to revive what have rectifiedthe people before you. Remember that the people are composed of different classes. Theprogress of one is dependent on the progress of the other; and none can afford to beindependent of the other. We have the army formed of the soldiers of God; we have ourcivil officers and their establishments, our judiciary, our revenue collectors and our publicrelations officers. The general public itself consists of Muslims and Thimmis [4] and amongthem are merchants and craftsmen, the unemployed and the indigent. Allah hasprescribed for them their several rights, duties and obligations. They are all defined andpreserved in the Book of Allah and in the traditions of His Prophet. The soldiers, by thegrace of Allah, are like a fortress to the people and they lend dignity to the state. Theyuphold the prestige of the faith and maintain the peace of the country. Without them, thestate cannot stand and also they cannot stand without the support of the state. Oursoldiers have proved strong before the enemy because of the privilege Allah has giventhem to fight for Him; but they have their material needs to be fulfilled and havetherefore to depend upon the income provided for them from the state revenue. Themilitary and the civil population, who pay revenue, both need the cooperation of theothers; the judiciary, the civil officers and the clerks, who run the transactions anddealings among people, and the all cannot do without the tradesmen, the merchants andthe craftsmen, who run the market and offer their services to the others who may not beable to do by themselves. And then, there is the class of the poor and the needy, whosemaintenance is an obligation on the other classes. Allah has given an appropriateopportunity of living to the all; and then the rights of all of these classes are to be underthe charge of the wali and nothing will acquit the wali of his charge except by carrying outhis charge fairly with full carefulness after praying Allah to support him. Indeed, it isobligatory for him to undertake this duty and to bear with patience the inconvenience anddifficulties of the task. Be particularly mindful of the welfare of those in the army, who, inyour opinion, are staunchly faithful to their God and His Apostle and loyal to your imam,who, in the hour of passion, can restrain themselves and listen coolly to the sensibleremonstrance, and who can succor the weak and smite the strong, who will not be incited
Page 91 of 104Kosar ghadirestan Center Nabi (S) www.ghadirestan.comIMAM ALI (S) Sunshine of Civilized Islamby the violent provocation and who will not falter at any stage. Keep to those of goodreputation, integrity and glorious past. Depend upon those of courage and bravery and ofmagnanimity and generosity because they are the base of liberality and the sources ofbenevolence. Care for them as parents care for their children and do not exaggeratewhat you have done to them. Do not leave any little kindness to them you think it may beworthless because any kindness towards them will lead them to confide in you and tooffer you the sincere advice. Attend to every bit of their wants. Do not be content withgeneral help that you may have given to them, for sometimes, timely attention to a littlewant of theirs brings them immense relief. Let your commander in chief be the one, whohelps his men and gives them from his wealth what suffices them and suffices theirfamilies left behind so that their intention will be the same in their jihad against theenemy. Your being kind to them will turn their hearts towards you. The best delight of thewali’s eye is by spreading justice in the country and by the expression of the people’scordiality. They do not express their goodwill except when their hearts are contented andthey will not be sincere unless they are willing to safeguard their walis and are contentedwith their rule and are hopeful of their aims so try to achieve their hopes and keep onpraising them and mentioning their good deeds because praising the good deedsprovokes the brave and incites the laggard inshallah. Keep every one’s right and do notascribe someone’s excellence to another. Do not belittle one’s great deed. Do not letsomeone’s nobility lead you to glorify his slight deed and do not let the meanness ofsomeone’s lead you to belittle his great deed. Turn to Allah and to His Prophet forguidance whenever you feel uncertain about what you have to do. Allah had said to somepeople, whom He wished to guide: (O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Apostleand those in authority from among you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it toAllah and the Apostle). Referring to Allah is to obey His Book and referring to the Prophetis to follow his Sunnah, which calls for unity and warns of separation. Choose, for judgingamong people, the best of them to you, who is not obsessed by distresses, doesn’tbecome importunate before the opponents, doesn’t keep on mistakes, doesn’t missreason, doesn’t hesitate to follow the truth when he finds it, doesn’t think of greed,doesn’t satisfy with the least perception without looking for the farthest, the mostpondering on the confused matters, the most dependent upon evidences, the least boredin inspecting the opponents, the most determined when the truth appears, who isn’taffected by praise, who isn’t incited by any temptation and these are very few. Observe
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